So a few months ago, my heart broke as Childrens Los Angeles (CHLA) told me that their Hem/Onc floor would not be hiring any residents for the March cohort. I applied for Cardiac Transplant anyway because CHLA is such an incredible facility. I didn't get the job. I wasn't too sad, because that isn't what I am most passionate about, but I was definitely taken aback. Then I found out that Loma Linda Children's Hospital hem/onc floor wasn't hiring either. I seriously started doubting what had been my dream for so long. I doubted that I should be a peds oncology nurse and that maybe that's not what God wants me to do. I let myself start to believe that.Then I remembered that there is a reason why this is my passion. I mean, it's not everyday that someone has a passion for cancer...or rather a passion for helping people with cancer. I want to kill this disease, but I don't have the power to do that. So I hope that in my journey as a peds oncology nurse I can help dull the pain, provide hope, and just be a hand to hold when all the medication and treatment isn't enough.
Anyways... Last Monday, I got a call from the nurse recruiter at CHLA telling me that 4e (HEM/ONC!) wanted to take ONE resident and they wanted me to interview for it. I went on Thursday and absolutely fell in love with the floor. 4 east is all the leukemia's and lymphomas, as well as some hematology patients. 4 west is all the solid tumors. And right behind them is the bone marrow transplant unit. The managers were incredibly nice and informative. I got the call today that I got the job!!! I will be a pediatric oncology nurse. I have had this dream for so long. At least since highschool. I am so excited. and terrified. and I just feel so blessed to have the opportunity to work with some of the strongest kids on the planet.
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